Studies in Southern Presbyterian Theology

by Smith, Morton H.

• ISBN13: 9780875524498
• ISBN10: 0875524494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-31
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(6)
Introduction	13	(4)
A Survey of Southern Presbyterian History	17	(28)
Origins	17	(3)
Organization 1705-1741	20	(7)
Old Side-New Side Division (1741-1758)	27	(2)
Formation of the General Assembly (1758-1789)	29	(1)
Development and Division (1789-1861)	30	(11)
The Second Awakening and Cumberland Division of 1810	30	(1)
The Plan of Union and the Old School-New School Split (1801-1837)	31	(4)
From 1837 to 1861	35	(1)
The Secession and Founding of a Separate Southern Presbyterian General Assembly (1861)	35	(6)
The Presbyterian Church in the United States (1861-1961)	41	(4)
Pre-Seminary Theologians	45	(37)
The Foundations Laid	45	(14)
William Robinson	45	(1)
John Thomson	46	(1)
Samuel Davies	47	(12)
Beginnings of Formal Theological Education-Colleges and Academies in Virginia	59	(23)
Hampden-Sydney College	59	(1)
Samuel Stanhope Smith	59	(4)
John Blair Smith	63	(2)
Liberty Hall Academy	65	(1)
William Graham	65	(3)
Archibald Alexander	68	(14)
Founders and Early Theologians of Union and Columbia Theological Seminaries	82	(39)
Union Theological Seminary	82	(25)
Moses Hoge	82	(11)
John Holt Rice	93	(3)
George Addison Baxter	96	(10)
Samuel B. Wilson	106	(1)
Conclusion Regarding the Virginia Theology	106	(1)
Columbia Theological Seminary, South Carolina	107	(13)
Thomas Goulding	107	(1)
George Howe	107	(7)
Aaron Whitney Leland	114	(5)
Conclusion Regarding the Columbia Theology	119	(1)
Conclusion Regarding the Southern Presbyterian Theology to 1850	120	(1)
The Theological Thought of James Henley Thornwell	121	(62)
James Henley Thornwell, Biographical	121	(2)
Thornwell as a Preacher	123	(1)
Thornwell as a Presbyter	124	(1)
Thornwell as a Theologian	125	(56)
The Doctrine of Inspiration	127	(5)
The Moral Government of God in its Essential Properties	132	(1)
Theology	132	(1)
The Being of God	132	(2)
Man's Knowledge of God	134	(1)
The Nature of God	135	(1)
The Trinity	136	(1)
The Decrees of God	137	(3)
The Holy Spirit	140	(3)
Creation	143	(1)
Anthropology	144	(1)
The Distinguishing Characteristics of Man	144	(1)
Man's Created Condition	144	(1)
The Immediate End of His Creation, and the Relation of Man to God	145	(1)
Moral Government	145	(1)
The Moral Government of God as Modified by the Covenant of Works	146	(1)
The Covenant of Works	146	(2)
The Fall	148	(1)
Effects of the Fall	148	(1)
Original Sin	148	(3)
Imputation	151	(3)
The State and Nature of Sin	154	(1)
The State of Sin	154	(1)
The Nature of Sin	155	(2)
The Pollution and Guilt of Sin	157	(1)
The Pollution of Sin	157	(1)
The Guilt of Sin	157	(1)
Degrees of Guilt	158	(1)
The Moral Government of God as Modified by the Covenant of Grace	159	(1)
Introduction	159	(1)
Justification	160	(1)
Condition of Man as a Sinner	160	(1)
The Nature of Justification	161	(1)
Sanctification	162	(1)
Relation to Justification	162	(1)
The Nature of Sanctification	163	(1)
The Federal Headship of Christ	164	(1)
The Person of Christ	164	(2)
The Office of Christ	166	(3)
The Application of Redemption by the Holy Spirit	169	(3)
The Means: the Church, the Ministry, the Ordinances	172	(7)
Eschatology	179	(2)
Conclusion	181	(2)
The Theological Thought of Robert Lewis Dabney	183	(34)
Biographical	183	(3)
Dabney as a Christian	186	(1)
Dabney as a Preacher	187	(1)
Dabney as a Teacher	188	(2)
Dabney as a Philosopher	190	(2)
Dabney as a Theologian	192	(24)
His General Position	192	(10)
The Doctrine of Scripture	202	(3)
The Doctrine of Election	205	(11)
Conclusion	216	(1)
The Theological Thought of the Successors of Thornwell	217	(51)
Benjamin Morgan Palmer	217	(11)
Biographical	217	(1)
Palmer as a Preacher	218	(2)
Palmer as a Pastor	220	(1)
Palmer as a Presbyter	220	(1)
Palmer as a Theologian	221	(7)
William Swain Plumer	228	(6)
Biographical	228	(1)
Plumer as a Theologian	229	(5)
John Lafayette Girardeau	234	(20)
Biographical	234	(1)
Girardeau as a Theologian	234	(20)
William T. Hall	254	(3)
Biographical	254	(1)
Hall as a Theologian	255	(2)
Thornton C. Whaling	257	(2)
Biographical	257	(1)
Whaling as a Theologian	257	(2)
James Benjamin Green	259	(5)
Biographical	259	(1)
Green as a Theologian	259	(5)
Conclusion Regarding Columbia Theology	264	(4)
The Theological Thought of the Successors of Dabney	268	(55)
Thomas E. Peck	268	(7)
Biographical	268	(1)
Peck as a Theologian	269	(6)
Clement Read Vaughan	275	(20)
Biographical	275	(1)
Vaughan as a Theologian	276	(19)
Givens Brown Strickler	295	(14)
Biographical	295	(1)
Strickler as a Theologian	296	(13)
Thomas Cary Johnson	309	(8)
Biographical	309	(1)
Johnson as a Theologian	310	(7)
James Porter Smith	317	(5)
Biographical	317	(2)
Smith as a Theologian	319	(3)
Conclusion Regarding Union Seminary Theology	322	(1)
Conclusion	323	(10)
Appendix I	333	(4)
Appendix II: Literary Work of Southern Presbyterian Theologians	337	(23)
List of Abbreviations	360	(1)
Bibliography: List of works cited	361